Bill Gates Research Paper

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Bill gates has personal qualities that make him a powerful leader. Bill is the man who invented Microsoft, built the Microsoft Corporation from the ground up, and also declared the “Richest Man Alive according to Forbes. He also created a foundation to support charity. Bill Gates is a powerful leader because of his Humbleness, Passion, and Compassion.

Bill Gates’ ability to be humble and his capability of continuous learning, lead the way to his leadership path. According to a Leadership Company, “After landing billionaire lists several times, it would be easy for Gates to become prideful or think he knows it all, but he’s not that way. In fact, a recent Forbes article highlighted his efforts to improve on his communication and public speaking skills (Forbes) .Gates once commented that Buffett has a “brilliant way of looking at the world”. Gates is like a
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This would make an average person feel cocky and overconfident, but Gates continually wants to learn and will not stop. This requires pure humbleness, and non-selfishness. The article shows an example of Gates describing his time with someone else, saying how he admires him and tries to learn from him. In an article Bill Gates, “Though dropping out of college to his dreams, Bill Gates has probably read and written more than most of us ever will. In the process, he has shown the limits of formal education ... Knowledge is infinite. Even if we keep assimilating it without a break throughout a lifetime, we would not have scratched the surface. Knowledge should lead to humility and wisdom- not arrogance and one-upmanship.” (B V KRishnamurthy)Explaining how Bill Gates has probably reached the peak of formal education,